{ "type": "wiki", "pronunciations": { "phonetic": [ "\u02c8m\u0259di" ], "imgurl": [ "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/muddy.jpg", "/var/www/html/blab/dic/img/muddy.jpg" ], "listenurl": [ { "lang": "Audio (GA)", "url": "" }, { "lang": "Audio (GA)", "url": "" } ] }, "meansorg": { "etymologies": [ "The adjective is derived from Late Middle English muddi, moddy, muddy (\u201ccovered with or full of mud, muddy\u201d), from mud, mudde (\u201cmud; turbid water\u201d) + -i (suffix forming adjectives). Mud, mudde is possibly borrowed from Middle Dutch modde, and/or Middle Low German modde, mudde, from Proto-Germanic *mud-, *mudra- (\u201cmud\u201d), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *m\u016b-, *mew- (\u201cmoist\u201d). The English word is analysable as mud +\u200e -y (suffix meaning \u2018having the quality of\u2019 forming adjectives). Doublet of muddle.\nThe verb is derived from the adjective.\n\n\ncognates\n\nMiddle Low German moddich, muddich (German Low German muddig (\u201cmuddy; mouldy\u201d))", "mud crab or mangrove crab (Scylla serrata) is informally called a muddy in Australia, especially in Queensland.\nFrom mud (crab) +\u200e -y (diminutive suffix)." ], "typelist": [ { "name": "Adjective", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "Covered or splashed with, or full of, mud (\u201cwet soil\u201d).\nSynonym: (Scotland) clatchy\nHe slogged across the muddy field.\nTake off your muddy boots before you come inside." }, { "mean": "Of water or some other liquid: containing mud or (by extension) other sediment in suspension; cloudy, turbid.\nThe previously limpid water was now muddy as a result of the struggle between the alligator and the wild boar." }, { "mean": "Of or relating to mud; also, having the characteristics of mud, especially in colour or taste." }, { "mean": "(euphemistic) Soiled with feces." }, { "mean": "(archaic) Of an animal or plant: growing or living in mud." }, { "mean": "(figuratively)", "submean": [ "Dirty, filthy.\n", "Not clear.\n\nOf a colour: not bright: dirty, dull.\nOf an image: blurry or dim.\nOf light: cloudy, opaque.\nOf sound (especially during performance, recording, or playback): indistinct, muffled.\nThe television picture is decent, but the sound is muddy.\nOf speech, thinking, or writing: ambiguous or vague; or confused, incoherent, or mixed-up; also, poorly expressed.\nSynonym: muddled\n\n(chiefly literary, poetic) Of the air: not fresh; impure, polluted.\n", "", "", "", "", "", "", "Originally, morally or religiously wrong; corrupt, sinful; now, morally or legally dubious; shady, sketchy.\n", "(archaic) Of a person or their facial expression: angry, sad, or sulky.", "(obsolete) Slightly drunk; tipsy.\nSynonyms: fuddled, muddled; see also Thesaurus:drunk\n" ] } ] }, { "name": "Verb", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(transitive)", "submean": [ "To cover or splash (someone or something) with mud.\nIf you muddy your shoes don\u2019t wear them inside.\n", "To make (water or some other liquid) cloudy or turbid by stirring up mud or other sediment.\n", "(figuratively)\nTo confuse (a person or their thinking); to muddle.\nThe discussion only muddied their understanding of the subject.\n\nTo damage (a person or their reputation); to sully, to tarnish.\nTo make (a colour) dirty, dull, or muted.\nThe addition of the second batch of paint muddied the bright colours to a dull and washed look.\nTo make (a matter, etc.) more complicated or unclear; to make a mess of (something).\n\nTo make (something) impure; to contaminate.\n(obsolete) To cause or permit (someone or something) to become stuck in mud; to mire.\n", "", "", "", "", "", "" ] }, { "mean": "(intransitive)", "submean": [ "(also figuratively) Sometimes followed by up: to become covered or splashed with mud; to become dirty or soiled.", "Of water or some other liquid: to become cloudy or turbid.\n", "(figuratively) To become contaminated or impure." ] } ] }, { "name": "Noun", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "(Australia (chiefly Queensland), informal) The edible mud crab or mangrove crab (Scylla serrata)." } ] }, { "name": "References", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "^ \u201cmudd\u012b, adj.\u201d, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Michigan, 2007.\n\n ^ \u201cmud(de, n.\u201d, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Michigan, 2007.\n\n ^ \u201c-\u012b\u0306, suf.\u201d, inMED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich. University of Michigan, 2007.\n\n ^ \u201cmuddy, adj. and n.2\u201d, inOED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire Oxford University Press, September 2022; \u201cmuddy, adj.\u201d, inLexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019\u20132022.\n\n ^ \u201cmuddy, v.\u201d, inOED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire Oxford University Press, March 2022; \u201cmuddy, v.\u201d, inLexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019\u20132022.\n\n ^ \u201cmuddy, n.3\u201d, inOED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire Oxford University Press, March 2022." } ] }, { "name": "Further_reading", "meanlist": [ { "mean": "mud on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n mud crab on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n Scylla serrata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n Scylla serrata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons \n Scylla serrata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies \n muddy (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n -->\nRetrieved from \"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=muddyoldid=75102534\"\n\t\tCategories: English 2-syllable wordsEnglish terms with IPA pronunciationEnglish terms with audio linksRhymes:English/\u028cdiRhymes:English/\u028cdi/2 syllablesEnglish terms derived from Proto-Indo-EuropeanEnglish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mew-English terms inherited from Middle EnglishEnglish terms derived from Middle EnglishEnglish terms derived from Middle DutchEnglish terms derived from Middle Low GermanEnglish terms derived from Proto-GermanicEnglish terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)English doubletsEnglish lemmasEnglish adjectivesEnglish terms with usage examplesEnglish terms with quotationsEnglish euphemismsEnglish terms with archaic sensesEnglish literary termsEnglish poetic termsEnglish terms with obsolete sensesEnglish verbsEnglish transitive verbsEnglish intransitive verbsEnglish terms suffixed with -y (diminutive)English nounsEnglish countable nounsAustralian EnglishEnglish informal termsen:Crabsen:QueenslandHidden categories: Word of the day archiveRequests for translations into JapaneseEntries missing English vernacular names of taxa\n\t\n\n\n\n\tNavigation menu\n\t\n\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tPersonal tools\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tNot logged inTalkContributionsCreate accountLog in\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tNamespaces\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tEntryDiscussion\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tEnglish\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\tViews\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\tReadEditHistory\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\tMore\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\tSearch\n\t\n\t\t
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